You are here: MaxAbout.com > People

Lucie Arnaz

Personal Profile

Lucie Arnaz
  • Birth Name:
    Lucie Desiree Arnaz
  • Date of Birth:
    July 17, 1951
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    Hollywood, California, USA
  • Height:
    5' 9"
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:
    Immaculate Heart High School, Los Angeles

Family

Lucie Arnaz
  • Father:
    Desi Arnaz
  • Mother:
    Lucille Ball
  • Brother:
    Desi Arnaz Jr.
  • Spouse:
    Laurence Luckinbill (Present), Phil Vandervort (Divorced)
  • Son:
    Simon, Joseph
  • Daughter:
    Katharine

Career

Lucie Arnaz

Awards

Lucie Arnaz
1993 : Emmy Award, Outstanding Informational Special for: Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993) (TV)

Trivia

Lucie Arnaz
  • Lucie Désirée Arnaz is an American actress, singer, dancer and producer.
  • She resigned over a dispute with the Executive Director over the future direction of the Center.
  • From about 2002 to 2007, she was the President of the Board of Directors of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York.
  • Arnaz has also made some feature film appearances, the most prominent of which was 1980's The Jazz Singer, in which she co-starred with singer Neil Diamond and renowned actor Laurence Olivier.
  • She earned a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe nomination for her work in the film.
  • She has also had a lengthy career in musical theatre, making her Broadway debut in 1979 in the musical They're Playing Our Song.
  • In 1986, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her tour with Tommy Tune in the international company of the musical My One and Only.
  • She has numerous other theater and musical credits both in the United States and abroad, including roles in Seesaw, Annie Get Your Gun, Whose Life is it, Anyway?, The Guardsman, The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True, Sonia Flew, The Witches of Eastwick, Vanities, Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Terence McNally's Master Class.
  • Lucie played the role of Muriel in the broadway musical, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."
  • First choice for the role of Rizzo in Grease, she was allegedly dropped from consideration when her mother, Lucille Ball, called Paramount and said, "I used to own that studio; my daughter's not doing a screen test!" Ball actually owned the studio which was bought by Paramount, Desilu. The part went to Stockard Channing when the casting director remembered seeing her with Arnaz in the 'fifties-themed play' "Vanities.".

Biography

Lucie Arnaz
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Lucie ArnazLucie began her show business career at age 11 when she appeared on The Lucy Show opposite her mother, Lucille Ball. Then, in the 70's, she became a regular on Here's Lucy opposite her mother and her brother, Desi Arnaz Jr. After that, she started her own comedy show, The Lucie Arnaz Show, and then, was later in the show, Sons and Daughters. Lucie has starred in movies with Neil Diamond, Freddie Prince Jr., Henry Winkler, and more.

Including movies made for television like, Who Gets the Friends? and Washington Mistress. Lucie has also been in many stage productions such as Once Upon a Matress and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. For her performances, she received The Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle, Theatre World and Outer Critic's Circle Awards.She and her husband, Lawerence Luckinbill, attended many movie premieres together.

Also, Lucie and her brother, Desi Arnaz, spend a lot of family time together when they are not acting in movies or plays. There have been movies made about Lucie and Desi Jr, which seem to have an impact on the entertainment society. Lucie claims that she is most proud of her three children, Simon, Joseph, and Katharine, and the two children that she is a stepmother to (Nicolas and Benjamin).

Filmography

Lucie Arnaz

Submit Content